Download, read and listen to eBooks and eAudiobooks

You can borrow up to 5 eBooks and 4 eAudiobooks at a time, each for up to 14 days. Use your account to renew your loans, return items early and reserve items if they're currently on loan.

To read and listen to eBooks and eAudiobooks:

You'll need your library card number so that you can create an account. If you're not already a library member you can join the library online and use your membership number to access eBooks and eAudiobooks straight away.
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Using Apple or Android devices: to get eBooks and eAudiobooks on a mobile device, download the BorrowBox app.

Once you’ve installed the app, search for Rochdale Libraries in the ‘Library’ field and log in using your library membership card number and 4-digit PIN. If you've just joined, you can use your temporary membership number in place of a library membership number.

Browse the collection of books.For Android devices: to refine your searches, simply choose eAudiobooks or eBooks. Then at the top right you should see '…more eAudiobooks/eBooks' with a number indicating how many are available to you. Clicking this takes you to lists where you can swipe left and right and filter by category, genre, age group, popularity, new releases and so on.

For iOS devices: to refine your searches simply search under eAudiobooks or eBooks, you should see filtering options at the top of the screen including Categories.

Borrowed titles appear in your Loans section. From your Loans section, tap the title cover to open it.

Returning items.Using an app: if you're using the app the items will automatically be removed from your device, and you won't need to manually delete them.

Using laptops or computers: if you're downloading titles using the website, you'll need to manually return the items, this is if you've downloaded an eBook and opened it in Adobe Digital Editions. You'll need to return the item by right-clicking the item in the ADE 'shelf' function, and selecting return.

You can renew items 3 days before the expiry day. The loan expires you can't renew it but you can borrow it again if the copy hasn't been borrowed by another library user.

If you've any questions about using BorrowBox, email their support team at
support@bolindadigital.com. If you're using the BorrowBox app, you can go to settings and select 'send feedback' to ask them a question.

Download and read eMagazines

You can read full digital copies of your favourite magazines on your computer or mobile device. You can borrow an unlimited number of magazines to keep forever or until you delete them from your device.

To read eMagazines:

You'll need your library card number so that you can create an account. If you're not already a library member you can join the library online and use your membership number to access eMagazines straight away.
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To delete a title from your device when you've finished with it, click the X in the top right of the title cover. You will then get a message saying that the title has been returned.

Multiple library users can borrow magazines at the same time so there's no need to reserve them.

If you've any questions about using RBdigital, visit their support page to view their user guide, find answers to frequently asked questions or submit a question online. RBdigital support

Download and read eGraphicnovels and comics

Access thousands of digital graphic novels and comics on your computer or mobile device. You can borrow as many eGraphicnovels and comics as you'd like for up to one week. You can use your account to renew your items as many times as you wish.

To read eGraphicnovels and comics:

You'll need your library card number so that you can create an account. If you're not already a library member you can join the library online and use your membership number to access eGraphicnovels and comics straight away.
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